coincidence!

Too weird.

Met up with our group yesterday am for our ride and Randy&Sally had just got that exact rack! They haven't had it very long - like maybe a couple of days - but so far they didn't have any complaints. We ride mostly XC so tire width isn't an issue - Randy figured you could fit a 2.5 in the brackets easily. Looked nice and adjustable for wheel base and it can fold backwards enough with 1 bike on to open the trunk. The ends fold up to make it more compact when there aren't bikes on it. He liked it for 2 main reasons: no fussing around with a adaptor bars or taking wheels off and the rack bolts to the hitch instead of with just a pin, so it is very stable. The one they had was for the smaller hitch for cars (1 3/8"??) rather than the monster 2" for trucks - all the other racks like this I had been casually looking at only came with 2" which doesn't do my Saturn much good. They drive a Civic.

Get a SportWorks

These are bombproof, the same one's you see on the fronts of city buses, so they've gotta be tough. I haul my 48lb DH bike & my Bullit around all the time. No issues at all. Even fits my massive Michelin 2.8 tires (gotta let a bit of air out though)

These are bombproof, the same one's you see on the fronts of city buses, so they've gotta be tough. I haul my 48lb DH bike & my Bullit around all the time. No issues at all. Even fits my massive Michelin 2.8 tires (gotta let a bit of air out though)

That's the rack that I have now (Sportworks), but I'm trading in the 4Runner for a small wagon (1.25" hitch only). So, I was looking for a cheaper alternative, but I think I'll just buy another Sportworks